Dutch Royals hosted 2019 New Year reception for Dutch guests

On January 15, 2019, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima hosted traditional New Year reception at Amsterdam Royal Palace. Politicians, government executives and guests from various sectors of Dutch community attended the reception. Especially Dutch representatives of manufacturing industry were invited to this year's reception. Princess Beatrix, Princess Margriet and Prof. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven were present at the reception. A traditional new year reception will be held for foreign diplomats in the Netherlands and representatives of international organizations on January 16, Wednesday. (The Queen wore a ruffle silk satin midi dress by Saloni)

Maxima looks fabulous when she puts her hair up. This completely uncontrolled, stringy, greasy-looking hair is so sad. It detracts from her outfit to the point where I can barely take in what she is wearing. She should save the wild mess for personal time when she is not on duty.

This dress is a NO for me, I don't hate the style with the ruffles, but the print is very ugly. I do like the wrap/cape, maybe because it covers part of it :-) anybody's hair would look terrible with that wind ( look at the king) so.....

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